Secret City Fest begins on Friday; sponsors honored

The award-winning, two-day Secret City Festival is just a day away. The annual event celebrates 11 years of family fun, great entertainment, arts and crafts … and commemorates an incredible history that makes Oak Ridge unique.

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By Beverly Majors/Staff

Oakridger - Oak Ridge, TN

By Beverly Majors/Staff

Posted Jun. 20, 2013 at 6:25 PM
Updated Jun 20, 2013 at 6:28 PM

By Beverly Majors/Staff

Posted Jun. 20, 2013 at 6:25 PM
Updated Jun 20, 2013 at 6:28 PM

OAK RIDGE

The award-winning, two-day Secret City Festival is just a day away. The annual event celebrates 11 years of family fun, great entertainment, arts and crafts … and commemorates an incredible history that makes Oak Ridge unique.

It all starts Friday when the city holds its 11:30 a.m. kick-off at the A.K. Bissell Park pavilion.

Presented by the city of Oak Ridge, Oak Ridge Convention & Visitors Bureau and Arts Council of Oak Ridge, Festival sponsors make the event successful with donations of money, time, supplies and services. The Festival committee recently expressed thanks to those sponsors with an appreciation lunch and awards ceremony at Riverside Grille.

This year's premier festival sponsors are the city of Oak Ridge and B&W Y-12.

"Because Oak Ridge holds a unique place in history, it's important to be a part of this," said Chuck Spencer, B&W Y-12 president and general manager, on receiving the company's award.

City Manager Mark said the Secret City Festival was "a time for us to come together as a community and celebrate.

URS/CH2M Oak Ridge LLC (UCOR) was recognized for making the concerts possible by being the outdoor stage sponsor.

The Friday night concert featuring The Dirty Gov'nahs is sponsored by LDA Engineering and the Saturday concert with Rick Springfield is sponsored by CROET and Pro2Serve

USEC was recognized as the pavilion stage sponsor and Energy Solutions was recognized for the sponsorship of the World War II Living History arena.